Cephalopholis
Cephalopholis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. Many of the species have the word "hind" as part of their common name in English.
Species
Cephalolophis contains the following 24 species:Cephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991 Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801 Cephalopholis aurantia Cephalopholis boenak Cephalopholis cruentata Cephalopholis cyanostigma Cephalopholis formosa Cephalopholis fulva Cephalopholis hemistiktos Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957 Cephalopholis leopardus Cephalopholis microprion Cephalopholis miniata Cephalopholis nigri Cephalopholis nigripinnis Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983 Cephalopholis panamensis Cephalopholis polleni Cephalopholis polyspila Randall & Satapoomin, 2000 Cephalopholis sexmaculata Cephalopholis sonnerati Cephalopholis spiloparaea Cephalopholis taeniops Cephalopholis urodetaRecent molecular analyses have challenged the placement of the redmouth grouper in the genus Aethaloperca, in a study based on five different genes this species fell within the Cephalopholis clade, thus suggesting that the species should be included in this genus and referred to as Cephalopholis rogaa.